HR-190 Crossroads: Introduction to Honors - Imagining National Identities
Prerequisite: Admission to the Honors Program
Curriculum: Fulfills Honors crossroads requirement
Description: How nations have been imagined and the relevance of the idea of nation to contemporary culture, with particular attention to questions of citizenship, postcolonialism, globalization, immigration, multiculturalism and the struggle of minority cultures for recognition. Readings include interdisciplinary approaches to nationalism (e.g., anthropology, cultural studies, philosophy, political science, religious studies) and fictional works that explore questions of national identity. Madrid’s rich political and cultural resources are also used to study the role that national identities play in our everyday culture.
Current Text: selected works
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Course ID
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Instructor
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Language
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Term
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HR-190-M01
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3
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Dewey
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Eng
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TR
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14:00-15:15
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Fall*
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* A Madrid Seminar
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